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Rejig

I am having to move a job to a week forward, so today was one of doing nothing except read and listen to the radio or watch a TV series on Netflix. I did all three in fact

Friday is still on thought for the footfall count. .

Modern Classical Compositions

Another music selection -

Lou Harrison - Grand Duo: I. Prelude

John Cage/Lou Harrison- Double Music (1941)

Edgard Varèse - Hyperprism

Charles Ives - The Unanswered Question

New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein

The Unanswered Question is a musical work by American composer Charles Ives. Originally paired with Central Park in the Dark as Two Contemplations in 1908. The Unanswered Question was revived by Ives in 1930--1935. As with many of Ives' works, it was largely unknown until much later in his life, and was not performed until 1946.

Against a background of slow, quiet strings representing "The Silence of the Druids", a solo trumpet poses "The Perennial Question of Existence", to which a woodwind quartet of "Fighting Answerers" tries vainly to provide an answer, growing more frustrated and dissonant until they give up. The three groups of instruments perform in independent tempos and are placed separately on the stage—the strings offstage.

Push The Button

I still remember the precise proprioceptive memory of the cafe or pub jukebox in which you popped in a coin and pressed some buttons to get your favourite 45 single to play,and it got me wondering how we have become slaves to pressing buttons which now in a digital age is either just a touch or a swipe of your mobile phone.   So, when i had a recommendation from Amazon,based on an algorithm on my likes and reading habits,on a book that is due later this month,my curiosity was piqued.



So ,like others that tickle my fancy,it is on my expanding wants list,and hope that it will soon be in a paperback version.

It also reminded me of this tune.

Chemical Brothers - Galvanize

Good Night